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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... on context Rx 1 ... hypertension Rx 2 ... Nephrotoxins (e.g ... channel blocker (eg
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
the absence of treatment ... 20-90%, normal ECG ... Cardiomyopathy: ... Biventricular dilated cardiomyopathy ... (→HF) with apical
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
arrhythmia syndromes (e.g ... Hypokalemia • Bundle ... Intermediate burden: >1 ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... more intensive treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
other causes* 2. ... (e.g., familial ... hemodynamics (e.g ... LVEF recovery (e.g ... teratogenic GDMT meds (e.g
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... b) CHF c) ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... days before Pulmonary
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Hypertension: 1/ ... may present with pulmonary ... diagnostic procedures (eg ... disease: Management ... phenoxybenzamine blocks alpha-1
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
end-stage liver disease ... and pulmonary hypertension ... 1. ... Early transit of bubbles ... Echocardiogram #clinical #pocus